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Nellie Besseline Stewart¹

• Father: Robert David Stewart¹ b. 23 Aug 1858, d. 14 May 1941
• Mother: Milia Frances Bosley¹ b. 20 Sep 1853, d. 19 Sep 1900

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 9 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 23 September 1883; Milltown, Crawford Co., Indiana¹
• Death*: 13 August 1939; Lynnville, Warrick Co., Indiana¹

Clyde Leon Stewart¹

• Father: Robert David Stewart¹ b. 23 Aug 1858, d. 14 May 1941
• Mother: Milia Frances Bosley¹ b. 20 Sep 1853, d. 19 Sep 1900

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 9 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 7 September 1885; Milltown, Crawford Co., Indiana¹
• Death*: 5 November 1958; Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana¹

Carl Martin Stewart¹

• Father: Robert David Stewart¹ b. 23 Aug 1858, d. 14 May 1941
• Mother: Milia Frances Bosley¹ b. 20 Sep 1853, d. 19 Sep 1900

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 9 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 2 March 1889; Marengo, Crawford Co., Indiana¹
• Marriage*: say 1908; Principal=Fern McCloskey²
• Death*: 6 February 1970; Salem, Washington Co., Indiana¹

Fern McCloskey¹

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 9 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 31 December 1894¹
• Married Name: say 1908; Stewart¹
• Marriage*: say 1908; Principal=Carl Martin Stewart¹
• Death*: 28 January 1972; Indiana¹

Martin Lee Stewart¹

• Father: Carl Martin Stewart¹ b. 2 Mar 1889, d. 6 Feb 1970
• Mother: Fern McCloskey¹ b. 31 Dec 1894, d. 28 Jan 1972

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 9 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 12 August 1909¹
• Marriage*: say 1932; Principal=Mildred Woods²
• Death*: 9 August 1965¹

Mildred Woods¹

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 9 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 5 July 1911¹
• Married Name: say 1932; Stewart¹
• Marriage*: say 1932; Principal=Martin Lee Stewart¹
• Death*: 4 January 1998¹

Geraldine S. Stewart¹

• Father: Carl Martin Stewart¹ b. 2 Mar 1889, d. 6 Feb 1970
• Mother: Fern McCloskey¹ b. 31 Dec 1894, d. 28 Jan 1972

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 9 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 1914¹
• Death*: 17 January 1948¹

Boyd Stewart

• Father: Robert Boyd Stewart b. 1 Aug 1817, d. 13 Apr 1876
• Mother: Margaret McCullough b. 15 Oct 1822, d. 4 Dec 1915

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 10 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 1862; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah

John Steele Carpenter

• Last Edited: 10 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 6 August 1822; Centerville, New Castle Co., Delaware¹
• Marriage*: 19 September 1844; Centerville, New Castle Co., Delaware; Principal=Margaret McCullough¹
• Death*: 30 September 1852; Centerville, New Castle Co., Delaware¹

William Stewart¹

• Father: James Stewart¹ b. c 1811, d. 1833
• Mother: Perlina Jane Bullington¹ b. s 1811

• Charts: Stewart Descendants

• Last Edited: 10 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 1833; Fredonia, Crawford Co., Indiana¹

Giles Kinney

• Charts: James GRIFFIN I Descendants, Mary GRIFFIN Cox Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 28 August 1827
• Marriage*: 5 May 1860; Principal=Elizabeth Cox
• Death*: 30 November 1901; Crawford Co., Illinois

William Henry Shew

• Charts: James GRIFFIN I Descendants, Mary GRIFFIN Cox Descendants

• Last Edited: 11 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 14 June 1834; Licking Co., Ohio
• Marriage*: 14 October 1866; Crawford Co., Illinois; Principal=Clarinda Cox
• Death*: 3 January 1916; Jasper Co., Illinois

James Stewart¹

• Last Edited: 14 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1716¹
• Marriage*: say 1737; Principal=Elizabeth (?)
• Will*: 2 October 1778; Rowan Co., North Carolina²
• Death*: circa 1779; Rowan Co., North Carolina; The probate of the will has not been found, but James was "weak of body" in October 1778, per his will.¹
• Note*: December 1929; James Stewart first appears in Rowan county, N. C., in 1744, when he was granted by John, earl of Granville, a tract of 500 acres on Third Creek and Stewart branch, the fee being three shillings sterling for over 100 acres and ten shillings for the rest; recorded at Salisbury. Rowan county at that time was very large and primitive, occupying nearly the whold western part of the province. James Stewart may have come from Lancaster county, Pa. [see Tribe of Lazarus Stewart, B:84]. The land he acquired lay on creeks along the west side of the river Yadkin, in what is still Rowan county.
  
  He was granted three tracts in 1759 -- 610 acres and 600 acres on Third creek and [South] Yadkin river and 500 acres on Third Creek and Stewart branch ( which may have been a confirmation of the grant 15 years before).
  
  Jan. 22, 1761, he was granted 619 acres situated on Withers creek, and in 1762 he was deeded 350 and 530 acres by the earl of Granville and Thomas Douglas and wife Jannet.
  
  He was probably the James Stewart of Rowan county who made his will Oct. 2, 1778, which was probably probated in 1779. [Salisbury, C: 204]. He made his son Matthew executor, and the witnesses were John Bradley, James Hughs and John McNeely, jr.
  
  He gave his wife Elizabeth all his hard money, yarn, cloth, iron pot, griddle, pewter and wooden ware, fine brass hackle, sheep, two beds, "her furniture, also her spinning wheel and clock and reel and all her wearing apparel, one horse and two cows, such as she shall choose out of my stock of horses and cattle, all these to be solely at her own disposal except the horse I allow to return to my son Matthew after her decease.
  
  He also made bequests to his son-in-law John Woods, granddaughter Elinor Wood when 18, son-in-law Thomas Thomson, and grandson James Thomson when 21.
  
  To his Matthew he gave all the rest of his goods and chattels, lands and tenements, and charged him with the care of "his aged mother."
  
  Elizabeth dated her will Nov. 7, 1792 [Salisbury, D:65], making her son Matthew executor and allowing him "to keep the price of the black mare of mine which he sold to James Cowan." and making gifts to Matthew's son William and daughter Mary Stewart and wife Elizabeth. She mentioned her granddaughters Elizabeth Thomson, Mary Thomson, Pamelia Thomson, Adnes McKnight, Eleanor Woods, Mary Stewart and Agnes Stewart. Robert Cowan and William Cowan were jurors.
  
  Children of James:
  
  Matthew, c: 1745; m.Elizabeth: Rowan county in 1790
  daughter, m. Thomas Thomson: his will Nov. 12, 1793
  daughter, m. John Wood³
• Note: January 1939; James Stewart of Rowan county received May 6, 1758, from John, earl of Granville, a grant of 501 acres on Third creek, on a branch callled Stewart's branch, adjoining lands of John McIlrath and Capt. John Kerr: proved May 24, 1758, by the oath of Thomas Gillespie. Stewart sold this tract May 24, 1758, to John Knox, great-grandfather of President James Knox Polk.
  
  He then got a grant Feb. 22, 1759, from Lord Granville of 640 acres on the south side of Third Creek, opposite Capt. John Kerr's land, which may have been re-granted in 1779. In this grant James was called yeoman.
  
  James bought Mar. 3, 1762, of Thomas Douglas 350 acre of land lying on both sides of Withrow creek, adjoining his own land, and the next day he received a deed from Douglas of 530 acres adjoining, witnessed by William McNary and Samuel Young.
  
  Aug 6, 1765, James Stewart, gentleman, and wife Elizabeth sold to Adam McNeely the two tracts (350+530=880), 880 acres which they had bought of Thomas Douglas.
  
  Jan 8, 1765, James Stewart, weaver, bought of Matthew Gillespie 136 acres on both sides of the east fork of Cathey's mill creek.
  
  James was granted July 1, 1779, 640 acres on the waters of Thompson's mill creek (formerly Cathey's mill creek), joining his deeded land and crossing four drafts of the mill creek: entered May 27, 1778.
  
  His son Matthew sold these tracts Aug. 2, 1790, to Frederick Sickles (136+640=776) 776 acres on the east fork of Thompson's mill creek, Andrew McCollum's corner.
  
  James dated his will Oct. 2, 1778, and it was witnessed by John Braley, James Hughes and John McNeely, jr. [wills, C: 204]. He mentioned his wife Elizabeth; son Matthew, executor; son-in-law John Woods; granddaughter Eleanor Woods, when 18; son-in-law Thomas Thompson; and grandson James Thompson.
  
  If his will was probated in 1779, as supposed, he was not James, son of Lazarus. But as his will was recorded on page 204, and William's will, dated in 1781, was recorded on page 186 of the same book, we believe James died after 1781. [But it would have to have been after 1784 for him to have been the son of Lazarus, which he was not -- Lew Griffin]
  
  Elizabeth dated her will Nov. 7, 1792, and it was witnessed by Robert Cowan and William Cowan, jr. [wills, D: 65]. She mentioned her son Matthew, executor, Matthew's wife Elizabeth and his children William and Mary, and granddaughters Elizabeth Thompson, Mary Thompson, Agnes McKnight, Pamel Thompson, Eleanor Woods and Agnes Stewart.
  
  We looked for Stewart gravestones in the old Third Creek Presbyterian church yard, but found none. The old Scotch were not much for gravestones. They made cairns all over Scotland, and many great men lie under those nameless pious heaps of stones....
  
  James probably had other children:
  
  Sarah?; mb. Dec. 23, 1759, William Cowan, Rowan county
  Mary; mb. Apr. 29, 1768, Thomas Thompson
  Matthew; m. Elizabeth: moved to Jefferson county, Ky.
  Elizabeth; m. John Woods (or Wood), born Sep. 1, 1758⁴
• Note: 12 December 2018; This is not James, the son of Lazarus, since that James was living in 1784 when the estate of Lazarus Sr. was finally settled.⁵

John Steuart of Donegal

• Last Edited: 16 Dec 2018

• Name Variation: John Stewart of Donegal¹
• Birth*: say 1675; Ireland¹
• Note*: February 1937; John Stewart is mentioned in the History of Lancaster County as being a settler along Chickies creek in Donegal township in 1717 with George Stewart [Tome C, p. 211]. This John Stewart could hardly have been George's son, who was then probably a boy of not over ten years of age, but was in all probability George's brother.
  
  Among settlers in 1718 were the Galbraith brothers -- Andrew, James and John. Andrew Galbraith settled below Donegal church, on land later owned by Peter Nisley and the Garbers. Mountjoy township was formed from Donegal about 1755. Jacob Nisley was and original settler in Mountjoy, say Evans & Ellis's history, and had two sons and three daughters -- John, who married a Sechrist; Martin, who married a Snyder; a daughter who married a Burman; a daughter who married an Ebersole; and a daughter who married a Steward. Rapho township was formed in 1741. One of the oldest buildings in this township was on a farm then [1883] owned by Jacob W. Snyder, formerly Martin Nisley's. We do not know the history of this John Stewart, but he may have been the father of John of Mountjoy who is said to have married Elizabeth Snyder [Tome B: 94].
  
  (from Lew Griffin: John of Mountjoy is currently listed as a son of George, the brother of this John of Donegal.)¹
• Biography*: 16 December 2018; John, brother of George and Margaret Steuart.; Witness=George Steuart, Referenced Name=Margaret Steuart

Elizabeth (?)

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1718
• Married Name: say 1737; Stewart
• Marriage*: say 1737; Principal=James Stewart

Sarah Stewart

• Father: James Stewart b. s 1716, d. c 1779
• Mother: Elizabeth (?) b. s 1718

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1739
• Married Name: before 23 December 1759; Cowan
• Marriage*: before 23 December 1759; Rowan Co., North Carolina; Principal=William Cowan¹

William Cowan

• Last Edited: 12 Dec 2019

• Birth*: say 1737
• Marriage*: before 23 December 1759; Rowan Co., North Carolina; Principal=Sarah Stewart¹
• Will*: 14 August 1789; Rowan Co., North Carolina²
• Death*: after 14 August 1789; Rowan Co., North Carolina

Mary Stewart

• Father: James Stewart b. s 1716, d. c 1779
• Mother: Elizabeth (?) b. s 1718

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1741
• Married Name: before 29 April 1768; Thomson¹
• Marriage*: before 29 April 1768; Principal=Thomas Thompson¹

Thomas Thompson¹

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1739¹
• Marriage*: before 29 April 1768; Principal=Mary Stewart¹

Matthew Stewart

• Father: James Stewart b. s 1716, d. c 1779
• Mother: Elizabeth (?) b. s 1718

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1756; Rowan Co., North Carolina¹
• Marriage*: circa 1779; Rowan Co., North Carolina; Principal=Elizabeth Jenkins
• Death*: between 1823 and 1824; Jefferson Co., Kentucky²
• Note: October 1935; Matthew Stewart, who settled in Jefferson county, Kentucky, not earlier than 1818, probably came from Rowan county, N. C.....
  
  Matthew Stewart of Jefferson county, Ky., died late in 1823 or early in 1824, as his will, dated Sep. 18, 1823, was offered for probate Feb. 9, 1824, by his sons Hugh and William. The probate was contested, however, by a son-in-law, William Woods, who had been given only $5, as had been the other son-in-law, Joseph Gheen, while the two sons had been given the plantation, and the daughter Sally Woods had received a slave girl and several other things, and the contest was not settled until Apr. 12, 1824....²
• Note*: January 1939; Matthew Stewart married about 1779 Elizabeth Jenkins. Aug 15, 1784, he bought of William Cowan 426 acres on the north side of Second creek, joining Henry Robertson and David Cowan's land, it being the plantation whereon William Cowan then lived, bounded by Malcolm Hamilton's (then Abraham Gilliban's), which Cowan had bought of Moses Thompson.
  
  Aug 2, 1790, Matthew sold two tracts of land on Thompson's mill creek, which he evidently inherited from his father. In the census of 1790 he was listed as 1-2-4.
  
  Sep 13, 1808, Matthew Stewart, planter, of Rowan county and wife Elizabeth sold to Francis Neely, esq., for $1600, 446 acres on the north side of ?Second creek, on Gilliban's and Cowan's corners. He afterwards moved to Jefferson county, Ky., Tome C: 150.
  
  Children:
  
  William c. 1780; died in 1840 in Louisville, Ky., unmarried
  Mary; mb. Jan. 26, 1804, Joseph Gheen, Rowan county
  Agnes
  Hugh; m. Feb 26 1818, Nancy Woods, Jefferson county
  Sarah; m. July 26, 1821, William Woods, son of John³

Elizabeth Jenkins

• Father: Hugh Jenkins¹ b. s 1730, d. 1800

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1758
• Married Name: circa 1779; Stewart
• Marriage*: circa 1779; Rowan Co., North Carolina; Principal=Matthew Stewart

Elizabeth Stewart¹

• Father: James Stewart¹ b. s 1716, d. c 1779
• Mother: Elizabeth (?)¹ b. s 1718

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1760; Rowan Co., North Carolina¹
• Marriage*: say 1781; Principal=John Woods (?)¹

John Woods (?)

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: 1 September 1758
• Marriage*: say 1781; Principal=Elizabeth Stewart¹

Hugh Jenkins¹

• Last Edited: 13 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1730¹
• Death*: 1800; Rowan Co., North Carolina¹
• Note*: January 1939; Hugh Jenkins of Rowan county, in his will May 10, 1800, mentioned his dsaughter Mary, wife of Matthew Stuart, but as he also named his daughter Mary, wife of David Kilpatrick, we think the first Mary is an error for Elizabeth. Matthew Stewart name a son Hugh, (Tome C: 150, Oct. 1935), probably for Hugh Jenkins.¹

James Stewart

• Last Edited: 16 Dec 2018

• Birth*: circa 1751; Virginia; son of Thomas, who was the son of Archibald Stewart¹
• Marriage*: circa 1773; Principal=Elizabeth Montgomery¹
• Note: August 1929; James Stewart (son of Thomas, son of Archibald) was born about 1759 in Augusta county. He married _____ Montgomery, according to information obtained by Dr. Alexander M. Stuart of Limestone, Tenn. James is said to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and to have settled in Sullivan county, Tenn.
  Children:
  (same as the Jan 1939 article)
  from Lew Griffin: also in this issue, more on Archibald Stewart of Augusta county and his sons.^2,3
• Note*: January 1939; James Stewart (son of Thomas, son of Archibald) of Augusta county, Va., married, about 1773, Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of Hugh Montgomery. Hugh Montgomery of Salisbury made his will Dec. 16, 1779, naming as executors James Kerr, the elder, of Salisbury, David Nesbitt of Salisbury and John Brown of Wilkes county [wills, E:41]. He gave his son Hugh, then a minor, "my large plantation on New river in the state of Virginia, which I hitherto purchased from one Calhoun"; to his daughter Jane, under 21 and unmarried, the land on New river "which I heretofore purchased from widow Noble's son"'; to his son-in-law Dr. Anthony Newnan his country home on Grant creek near Salisbury; to his grandson Hugh Blake land on Second creek; to his daughter Elizabeth Steward £20 and no more; to her eldest daughter and eldest son each a negro boy; and to his daughter Nancy Ingram £20 and no more: the will was proved at the February court, 1780. Hugh Montgomery died Dec. 23, 1779, as we found from a gravestone under an ancient cypress tree in the "old English" cemetery in Salisbury. He was a wealthy citizen, said Rumple's History of Rowan County, 1881, who owned much land in Wilkes county: he lived in the old Yarboro house, then standing (in Revolutionary days) upon the site of Meroney's hall.
  
  Daniel Clary and Hugh Montgomery (the younger) of Rowan county deeded Aug 9, 1792, to James Stewart of Washington county, N. C. [now Tennessee], 450 acres on the headwaters of Coldwater, joining to John Campbell and John Graham's lands, in Rowan county, and James sold this tract Mar. 15, 1798, to John Newnan, the witnesses being Hugh Newman and Thomas Stewart.
  
  Children:
  Thomas; m. Phoebe Jacobs
  Jane; m. Dr. Newman
  Montgomery; m. Hester Thompson
  Robert
  James; m. Emily Dietrick¹

Elizabeth Montgomery¹

• Last Edited: 16 Dec 2018

• Birth*: say 1753; daughter of Hugh Montgomery¹
• Married Name: circa 1773; Stewart¹
• Marriage*: circa 1773; Principal=James Stewart¹

John M. Brown

• Father: William R. O. Brown b. c 1824
• Mother: Charity Jane Cook b. 1826, d. c 1882

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2018

• Birth*: December 1845; Pike Co., Georgia
• Marriage*: 28 January 1872; Pike Co., Georgia; Principal=Sarah C. Jordan¹

Sarah C. Jordan¹

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2018

• Birth*: circa 1853; Georgia
• Married Name: 28 January 1872; Brown¹
• Marriage*: 28 January 1872; Pike Co., Georgia; Principal=John M. Brown¹

Sarah J. Brown

• Father: William R. O. Brown b. c 1824
• Mother: Charity Jane Cook b. 1826, d. c 1882

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2018

• Birth*: circa 1848; Pike Co., Georgia

Almira Brown

• Father: William R. O. Brown b. c 1824
• Mother: Charity Jane Cook b. 1826, d. c 1882

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2018

• Birth*: circa 1849; Pike Co., Georgia

William O. Brown

• Father: William R. O. Brown b. c 1824
• Mother: Charity Jane Cook b. 1826, d. c 1882

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2018

• Birth*: circa 1852; Pike Co., Georgia
• Marriage*: 18 December 1868; Troup Co., Georgia; Principal=Georgia Ann Burks¹

Georgia Ann Burks¹

• Last Edited: 19 Dec 2018

• Birth*: circa 1850; Georgia¹
• Married Name: 18 December 1868; Brown¹
• Marriage*: 18 December 1868; Troup Co., Georgia; Principal=William O. Brown¹